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PATENTBD MAR. 5, 1907.

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MOLD.

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WILLIAM B. BUssARD, or HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, AssIGNoR oF ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM F. sTUvER, or` HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

MOLD.

Patented March 5, 19'07.

Application filed November 2, 1906. Serial No. 341,778.

T6 all whorrt t may concern: Be it known that I,\W1LLIAM B. BUssARD, a citizen oi the United States, residing atl Huntington, in the count of Huntington and` State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Molds, o f which the following 1s a specification.

This invention is a mold, and more parti ularly one for making burial-caskets of artiro 'icial'stone or concrete.

4 The ob'ect of the invention is to provide a -mold em odying simplicity of construction and having extensiblewalls and a core, so that different-sized caskets can be made in '.15 the mold..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the .""line 2 2 of Fig-1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal n section of the cover. Fi s. 4 and 5 are perspective views of details ereinafter referred to. Fig. 6 is a to plan view ofthe cover.

Referring s ecically to the drawings,

.denotes the si e Walls, and 11the end walls, of z5 the 'outer art of the mold. In use these are set on a" ase com rising parallel sills 12,

" which are connect at thelr ends by cross- The side walls 10 are in two sections, be-

i' 3o tween which is placed an extensioniece 14y for the purpose of chan walls,v a number of suc extension-pieces I ,di'er'ent lengths being1 provided, On the v Y. outside f thev side wa the extension-piece has lateral extensions 15, which t between' l guide-strips 16, secured to the side wall. The extension-piece is'held in place by a strap 17,

extending across the part 15 and the guidei vstrips -16. The strap is secured by a wedge-v 4o p m 18, which is passed through staples 19,

' 'secured to the side Walls and extending through holes in the straps.

The end walls 11 -are made extensible byv means of/extension-pieces 21 in the lsame manner as the side walls. At each end the side Walls` are formed with shoulders 22, against which the end walls abut and which f prevents them 'from collapsing inwardly.4

ehind the end walls are rods 23, which ex- 5o tend through the side walls and have threaded endsl to receive fastening-nuts 24.

The core is a box-like structure having side walls 25, end walls 26, and a-top 27. It is open at the bottom. Secured to the side 4manner as the walls 10 and 11.

the lengt of th l A walls adjacent their ends are angle-irons 28,

having holes to receive staples 29, extending from the end walls. By meansv ofwed e.-

'pins k30, extended through the staples, 't e end Walls Will be securely held in position. The side walls alsohave vertical strlps 31 at their ends, forming shoulders against which the end Walls abut'. The side and end walls of the core are made extensible by extensionpieces 3 2 and 33, respectively,` in the same Inside -the core is a cross-brace 34, having hooked ends 35, engageable with staples 36 on the extension-pieces 32. The top 27 is supported on the strips 31, they bein cut away at the top,

so that the top27 Willgbe flush with the top 7o edges of the sidev and yend walls of the core. The outer part of the mold also contains a Vform for moldinga rabbet in the tcp edge of the casket in w ch the cover seats. This form is' in four parts, consistin of side bars 75 through the-staples, whereby the side and ete bar are securelyr fastened together. 8 5 When i positio'nywthe side and end bars fit snug y against theside and end Walls 10 and 11 and are supported on the sills 12, which arenotched, as at 43, to receive the staples 41. The side and end bars 37 and 38 are also braced b a removable bar 44 extending between t e end bars and having transverse branches 45 extending between the side bars.

In use the outer part of the mold-and the core are adjusted to the desired size and the outer art placed on the sills 12. The arts 37 and) 38 are then ut in position and)fas tened together and t e-braces 44 and45 a plied. he core is then placed inside t `e lrcx: mld with its bottom resting on the arts 37 and 38, the side and end walls of t e core,- however, being spaced from the bead 39. The casket wil preferably have a reinforcement of expanded metal or Woven wire, (in- :o5

dicated at 46,) which will be placed inside the mold and spaced a proper distance from the walls thereofv and the core, so that it will be zo w-illf first be removed;

`forming;l the top. edge. o the casket end the bottom of the. casket being at. the: top' of the 5 old. When the parts herein described' ave beenproperly assembled concrete or erticiel stone is illed into t e s ace between the core and the mold in t e usual manner. Theto of the core is below tlie :.'o top edge of the side bars H) :mdf 11, so that the material can be placed on top of the core tofform'. thel bottom: ofthe casket, a.trowel;. or other' suitable toch being" usedf fon' smoothing the seme; H1 desired, the; 'Guten part of. the

1 5 moldf can befdiscarded altogether, they casket being-formed: by using the core only and? plasteringY theJ materiel thereon;` 'Aften the eesket' hashaxdenedi and: itV is.y desivedi ho: remove it fromthef mold?X the. outerpant? 'cti' tliea meld The casketv isthen turnedoven to rest onzitsrbott/omi7 .afterwhioh the corelcan-lie removedt. Thiszoan bef-read# ily done=without damugetovthofcasleU-by 'reL movng'the extensionspieces 32T and13-3.

The mold for the cover' comprises. a. beseboerd 47 and side and end boards 48 and 49, respectively; A: cores' 50 issecured in'v am opening infthefbase-boerd. The cover has a.

ket', seid; framecomprisingseperabledeald ing: from 'ere si e end; bars, staples. enten basn'aps extendingzirom the endfbersxand -hawing-v openingsl toz reuzeixre.x the staples, and

locking-' means onterin'g the stepless.

In testimony Wlleree,` L have'I signed my name l to this: specicetion: in; timeL presence of twoV subscribing Witnesses.

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